Environmental assessment for the Plating Shop Replacement, Y-12 Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Technical Report · Sun Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10155134· OSTI ID:10155134

The existing of Y-12 Plant Plating Shop provides vital support functions for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Defense Programs operations. In addition to weapon component plating, the facility performs other plating services to support existing operations for the Y-12 Plant, other DOE facilities, and other federal agencies. In addition, the facility would also provide essential deplating services for weapons reclamation and teardown. The existing Y-12 Plant Plating Shop is presently located in a structure which is rapidly deteriorating and obsolete. The existing building structure was originally designed to house a steam plant, not chemical plating operations. As such, vapors from plating operations have deteriorated the structure to a point where a new facility is needed for continued safe operations. The potential environmental impacts of the proposed action was anticipated to be minimal and would affect no environmentally sensitive areas. Some short-term construction- and demolition-related effects would occur in an already highly industrialized setting. These include temporarily disturbing 72,000 square feet of land for the new plating shop and related site preparation activities, constructing a permanent building on part of the area, and using 80 construction personnel over a period of 18 months for site preparation and construction. Demolition effects vary depending on the environmentally suitable option selected, but they could involve as much as 262 cubic yards of concrete rubble and approximately 1600 cubic yards of soil disposed as waste. Either 1600 cubic yards of fresh soil or 1850 yards of clay and fresh soil could be required. Soil erosion would be minimal. Approximately 20 construction personnel would be involved for 12 months in demolition activities.

• Research Organization: USDOE Oak Ridge Operations Office, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10155134
• Report Number(s): DOE/EA-0502; ON: DE92015698; NC: NONE
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Mar 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PLATING
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WEAPONS
EQUIPMENT
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SOLID WASTES
SURFACE COATING
SITE PREPARATION
OPERATION
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
ENVIRONMENT
LAND USE
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
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